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Park Rangers - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2002

A chevron skink bite means a skink in the hand, and that's all good.
– Ranger Keri Neilson does a cost/benefit analysis of a skink bite
It's like I've won Lotto every time I find one!
– Ranger Keri Neilson on the challenge of tracking skinks
It's nylon too, it'll be here forever. It'll slowly break up, go out, come back. It's a time bomb...really sad.
– Ranger Al Hutt, on an abandoned fishing net found on the beach
Here we are folks: another day on the water. I wish I had an office job! Ha!
– Ranger Al Hutt
It feels a little bit like letting a pet go, but I know she's going to have a good home here.
– Young Rory, releasing a chevron skink that he rescued
You put a lot of time and effort into it, and when a chick dies...a motorbike runs through a nest of eggs ... it's pretty gutting.
– Ranger Steve Sawyer

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